ZIP 62214 vs ZIP 62282

This side-by-side compares ZIP 62214 (Addieville, IL) and ZIP 62282 (Saint Libory, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 62214 has a population of 1,229 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 62282 has 471 at 179 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 62214 reports a median household income of $104,063 against $117,143 in ZIP 62282, with per-capita income of $46,887 vs $49,694. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.5% in 62214 and 22.7% in 62282. Poverty rate reads 2.6% vs 5.2%, and unemployment 1.0% vs 6.1% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $169,100 in 62214 versus $179,300 in 62282, with median rent of $625 and $813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.5% vs 85.5%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.